locate and updatedb gives command not found

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I am on a fresh CentOS machine and whenever I use locate or updatedb to search for a file, it tells me "command not found".

What is the reason? How do I install locate or updatedb on the server?

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Install slocate to run locate/updatedb on your CentOS or RedHat linux server as follows:

yum install slocate

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Thanks it worked!

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